Owners of former network giant ABS-CBN face a congressional inquiry in connection with the operations of its digital service firm Big Dipper, but that is if Deputy Speaker and Sagip Partylist Rep. Rodante Marcoleta succeeds in his Senate bid. Rep. Rodante Marcoleta Marcoleta played a major role in...
Instead of just one booster shot, Filipinos should have a full new round of COVID-19 vaccination to guarantee better protection from the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Cavite Dasmariñas City Rep. Elpidio Barzaga urged government to consider giving Filipinos a fourth...
With the campaign period for the presidential elections just a few weeks away, it is now ‘too late in the day” to amend any provision of the 1987 Constitution. House of Representatives facade Senior members of the Lower House Committee on Constitutional Amendment aired this stand following the...
Except for barangay men, the country’s elective officials, including the president and the vice president, may serve for a total of ten years in two consecutive five-year terms of office, under a legislative proposal filed on Friday, Jan. 7 by a senior administration lawmaker. Rep. Aurelio...
The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) should consider conducting house-to-house vaccination to further make COVID-19 shots more accessible to the people. Rep. Precious HIpolito Castelo Quezon City 2nd District Rep. Precious Hipolito-Castelo made the appeal as she noted...
Local government units were enjoined Wednesday, Jan 5 to allow their constituents to choose which COVID-19 booster brand they prefer. Vaccine COVID 19 Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor made the appeal as he noted that the Department of Health has released guidelines on mix-and-match of primary jabs...
As oil companies move to implement a big time oil price hike starting this week, an opposition leader aired strong suspicion that government economic managers are blocking efforts in Congress to suspend excise tax on petroleum products for at least six months. Gasoline pump Deputy Minority Leader...
The ‘No Vaxx, No Labas’ policy that will bar unvaccinated individuals from leaving their homes may not be enough to arrest the surge in COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila but will work better if backed by free mass testing to be conducted immediately. Rep. Arlene Brosas House Asst. Minority Leader...
Actor-turned-politician Rep. John Marvin "Yul Servo" Nieto has asked the House of Representatives to join him in calling on the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and government to stop removing the images of the country’s national heroes from Philippine bank notes in active circulation. P1,000 bill new...
Three House of Representatives committees have recommended the passage of a bill that would establish a hospital that will exclusively cater to the medical care and needs of overseas Filipino workers and their dependents. Repatriated overseas Filipino workers House Bill 10629 or the proposed OFW...
House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Monday, Dec. 21 strongly endorsed the grant of bail to convicts who have reached their twilight years or those who have become sickly while serving their sentence. Makabayan bloc2 Zarate aired the proposal in reaction to the...
The sheer volume of smuggled and misdeclared fruits flooding the country’s wet markets has reached alarming proportions, Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda has stated. Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda2 Salceda, chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Made, expressed dismay over the unabated...
